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22  
23  package com.liferay.portal.kernel.xml;
24  
25  import java.util.List;
26  
27  /**
28   * <a href="XPath.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
29   *
30   * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
31   */
32  public interface XPath {
33  
34      public boolean booleanValueOf(Object context);
35  
36      public Object evaluate(Object context);
37  
38      public String getText();
39  
40      public boolean matches(Node node);
41  
42      public Number numberValueOf(Object context);
43  
44      public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context);
45  
46      public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context, XPath sortXPath);
47  
48      public List<Node> selectNodes(
49          Object context, XPath sortXPath, boolean distinct);
50  
51      public Node selectSingleNode(Object context);
52  
53      public void sort(List<Node> nodes);
54  
55      public void sort(List<Node> nodes, boolean distinct);
56  
57      public String valueOf(Object context);
58  
59  }